We moved into a 13-year old house last October. In the first week we were there, we had a plumbing disaster. Everything backed up into the house on a weekend and I called the only plumber I could get hold of. He turned out to be a shady character (confirmed by others after the fact -- his license wasn't even current). Long story short -- a tree root had managed to compromise the sewer line just outside the house, had nearly completely blocked it, and eventually caused it to break apart -- right after we took possession. I made an impulsive decision to let him fix it, for which he (over)charged me $3,000. The previous owners claim to have had no indication that anything was amiss. Flash forward to the present. In the time we have been in the house, two minor but worrisome issues have surfaced. First, we have frequent issues with the commodes not always flushing completely when there is solid waste present. It happens maybe 25% of the time when you try to flush solid waste. 2 of the 3 commodes in the house do this more frequently than the 3rd in the mater bath. When this happens, it sometimes goes away if you let it sit a few minute ans then flush again. Other times, it has to be plunged. The other issue is that we occasionally smell just a light whiff of sewer odor in the master bath. Also, we occasionally detect a stronger odor in the basement bathroom and adjacent utility room where the below-grade ejector is located. It seems to be properly sealed as far as I can tell. So, this week I called in a reputable plumbing company (top scores on Angie's list) to check it out. My theory was that one of the vent stacks was obstructed. They guy they sent out was just there to do an estimate. But he did go up on the roof and took a look at the vents and pronounced them in good working order. Then he told me that the course of action he recommended was to have a crew come out and pull each commode and inspect the entire system with a camera. For this diagnostic, my cost will be $365 for about an hour's work and use of the camera. That's not to fix anything -- just to (maybe) figure out what the problem is. So I guess I have two questions: 1) is this a fair price and 2) is this a good idea? I think if not for the earlier incident, I would just choose to live with the slight inconvenience. But in light of what happened before I'm worried that the first guy missed something or maybe even screwed something up. Any ideas and suggestions would be much appreciated.

Well the wife pulled the fridge out earlier tonight cause she dropped something behind it and in the process managed to run over the plastic ice maker hose and puncture it real good. I didn't know water could squirt out of a tiny hose so hard! I tried crimping it with a couple pairs of vice grips on it and it didn't do anything... The supply is a saddle valve coming off a copper pipe in the basement below the kitchen, and of course there is no shutoff valve for it whatsoever. The entire supply for the house is currently shutoff. For the long term fix, I'm going to cut the saddle section out and sweat in a copper tee with a shutoff, and probably replace the plastic line with a braided one. The problem is that I have a 6 day business trip and my plane leaves at 9 am tomorrow morning, so I have to make a quick fix to it for now (or more likely when the orange box opens in the morning). Can I buy something from Home Depot (or better yet, Walmart since they are 24 hours) to crimp the plastic tube with? Or somehow disconnect the saddle valve and seal up the hole in the copper? Wifey will just have to go without an ice maker while I am away! Thanks for your help.